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Pig Kidney Gives Terminally-Ill New Jersey Woman New Lease On Life
Renewed hope comes in the form of a pig's kidney and mechanical heart for a New Jersey woman.
Lisa Pisano, 54, who had been suffering from both heart and end-stage kidney disease, became the first-ever patient to undergo the combination transplant surgery, according to NYU Langone Health, whose doctors performed the procedures.
Pisano was getting sicker and sicker, and her life expectancy was getting shorter and shorter, according to Dr. Robert Montgomery, who chairs the LYU Langone Health surgery department.
Life's simplest tasks like walking around the house, cooking, or cleaning, l…
Veteran Severely Injured In Costa Rica, South Jersey Mom Fighting To Get Him To U.S. Hospital
A Forked River woman is fighting for her veteran son to return to the U.S. after he was severely injured in Costa Rica, according to a fundraising campaign.
On a GoFundMe page, Debra Vargas said that her son Codey Vargas suffered several injuries in an accident, including severe head trauma, a collapsed lung, several fractured ribs, paralyzed intestines, pneumonia, facial fractures, and several scrapes. Codey's accident happened on Wednesday, Mar. 20, but Debra wasn't aware of it until the U.S. embassy in Costa Rica told her on Tuesday, Apr. 2.
The GoFundMe page for Codey raised more than $…
$50K Powerball Ticket Purchased At Wawa In South Jersey
A Powerball ticket worth $50,000 was sold at a convenience store in Atlantic County, officials said.
The ticket was purchased at the Wawa on Black Horse Pike in Egg Harbor Township, the New Jersey Lottery said in a news release. It matched four numbers and the Powerball in the drawing on Saturday, Apr. 20.
The winning numbers were 4, 35, 41, 44, and 58. The Powerball was 25.
No one won the estimated $103 million jackpot. Tickets sold in Ohio and Puerto Rico matched five numbers to win $1 million.
The next Powerball drawing is on Monday, Apr. 22, and the jackpot is an estimated $115 millio…
